AC/Blower Motor

A couple weeks ago I recharged the AC to see if that is all it needed to work. Sure enough once I got enough freon in there the compressor clutch kicked in and it was blowing cold. Everything was working fine until the other day the fan wouldn't come on. The clutch on the compressor was still engaging so I knew it was something with either the fan or electrical. The fuse hadn't blown so I checked the resistor on the back of the ac duct. Everything seemed fine there as well. I lowered the fan/dash

and found pieces of a rubber gasket from behind the dash had fallen in the fan, and it was stuck in place. Pulled the pieces out along with some more rotted gasket back there and it fired right up.

Drum brakes and more

I had a bachelor weekend this weekend so I decided to get some things done that were going to take some time. First thing I did was reseal my valve covers. I have had some smoking under the hood and I'm trying to find it by process of elimination. First up was the valve covers. I took them off, pounded the bolt holes flat so everything would sit flat and I used the Right Stuff gasket maker to seal them.

After that it was time for back brakes. I didn't know what I was getting into, but they actually weren't that bad. I ended up replacing the shoes, all the spring hardware and the wheel cylinders. The drums were in really good shape. The shoes actually were too, but I figured why not change them out while I was in there.

Pulling Parts

I found a junker about an hour and a half from here that had some parts I needed so I went out and pulled some stuff. I got the bumper (which had the original marchal fog lights), roof rack, and headliner board. I will update with more pics later, but the headliner board was in such good condition that I pulled it. I took off the old material, sanded it down and put new material on. I'm pretty happy with it.

Front Brakes

I haven't posted in a while, but I've still been working on the Jeep. About a month or so ago I took on the front brake pads and rotors. It was a little more involved than I thought. To get the rotor off you have to take the entire hub off which meant taking all the bearings out. While I was in there I repacked the bearings. Below are pics. The old pads and rotors were in very bad shape as you can see.

Old Rotor and bearings

All the pieces after unassembly

Old rotors, pads and grease seal

The old pads had worn deep ruts into the rotors

New rotor and pads